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    On the ferry on the way back from Gulangyu.: by mazystar, Views[543]
         		 These army guys were matching down the street in Xiamen city while I was trying to take a photo of a beautiful archway. I was trying to include them in the photo and when my camera followed them, they got very upset and motioned for me to stop. Fascist bastards! Army and police in China get very angry if you try to take photos of them. I suppose you'd find the same problem in many countries; perhaps even America. : by mazystar, Views[599]
         		 These signs are all over Gulangyu.: by mazystar, Views[519]
         		 A junk boat on the shore of Gulangyu Island.: by mazystar, Views[575]
         		 Gylangyu Island. : by mazystar, Views[579]
     
    Some of the little souvenir shops on Gulangyu. : by mazystar, Views[715]
         		 Some more Victorian architecture on Gulangyu.: by mazystar, Views[622]
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         		 One end of Xiamen Island, taken from Gulangyu Island. It's all part of Xiamen county though (which is in Fujian province of course). : by mazystar, Views[501]
         		 One of the old Victorian style houses on Gulangyu Island. Not much to look at, but imagine what it must have looked like in the mid 19th century. : by mazystar, Views[1157]
     
    Gulangyu Island beach with Xiamen city in the background. : by mazystar, Views[551]
         		 This is a statue of Koxinga (or Zheng Chenggong, which he is mostly called in China or Tei Seikō, which is his Japanese name) who was a Ming loyal military leader of the anti-Qing movement, and a general who defeated the Dutch to claim Taiwan in 1662. He is remembered and revered as a brilliant leader, not only in China, but also in Taiwan and Japan. (He was Japanese born.) This huge granite statue of Zheng Chenggong towers 41.2 meters above the sea from its lofty perch upon Fuding Rock (Sunlight rock) on Gulangyu Island. : by mazystar, Views[747]
         		 View of Gulangyu Island to the left and Xiamen Island to the right, taken from Sunlight rock. It's a shame there was no sunlight!: by mazystar, Views[620]
         		 Live seafood for sale on Gulangyu Island. Including turtles, pipis and mussels. They will actually rap them up in a plastic bag for you, when they are still alive. You can't get more fresh than that. I could eat most things there, but never little turtles. : by mazystar, Views[1355]
         		 Gulangyu Island beach. : by mazystar, Views[528]
     
    One of the shopping streets on Gulangyu Island. Its really just an island full of shops, hotels and tourists, but it was interesting to visit nonetheless. I wasn't interested in the souvenir shops and was much more keen on learning about the history of the island. : by mazystar, Views[825]
         		 A legless busker on Gulangyu Island playing a Chinese four string lute called a 'pipa'. His playing wasn't great, but I think he deserves every mao he gets for sitting out there all day! : by mazystar, Views[954]
         		 We spent the day (and night) on Gulangyu Island, which is a small (one squared km) tourist island just off the coast of Xiamen Island. The island became a foreign enclave in 1842 after the signing of The Treaty of Nanking (which marked the end of the first Opium War between Britain and China) and remained so until 1949 when the Chinese Communist party took power. The island was abandoned and thus left to it's original inhabitants, buildings intact. Most of the buildings are in a state of disrepair, but some are in the process of being restored. Its home to a lot of very unique architecture (a mixture of Victorian and Qing Dynasty Chinese) and welcomes many thousands of tourists every year.: by mazystar, Views[722]
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